We Have to be Ready For Anything
The forthcoming defence review must answer our need to be able to face unpredictable threats
ONLINE Only: The Thin Blue Line
If Lebanon's unprovoked attack on an Israeli maintenance team was premeditated, it points to something darker on the horizon
The Maestro Of His Own Fate
A fine new tribute explains why Mahler matters more than ever
The Healing Power of Forgiveness
A new project allows crime victims to move on — by pardoning those who attacked them
Git Lit, or: Why Old Age is All the Rage
Men are living for longer than ever and their late-life crises provide a rich seam for the novelist to mine
ONLINE Only: The Mavi Marmara Metaphor
The Gaza flotilla incident tells us much about the state of the alliance between Islamists and leftists in Europe
ONLINE Only: Time to Stop Pawning the Palestinians
By hijacking the Palestinian cause, the non-Arab world has perpetuated the conflict for its own regional standing. The Arab world must reclaim it There was a time when it was accurate to
Oxford Literary Festival — Day One
Online only: Commentary from the opening day of the Oxford Literary Festival It’s the first day of the Oxford Literary festival, and the brooding elephant sky swaddles the main marquee with a
Journo Listless
‘The image of the newspaperman as a suave but ballsy individual who, whisky in hand, wires copy to a smoke-filled newsroom is now incredibly remote’
Coming to America
'Should we treat assimilation not as a taboo subject but as an opportunity?'